... You could have swollen lymph nodes after the Primary infection phase was gone but you telling me that your lymph nodes were swollen before this sexual encounter leads me to believe they aren't related to you having sex. ... (50 replies)

... Hi Guys & Gals
Please bear with me as it is a long post
1st Exposure -with CSW in March -May 2009(4 encounters with the same CSW),it was protected vaginal and unprotected oral in UK.I had bad sore throat after a week after my 1st encounter.went away afer i took some antibiotics
I came back to india my sore thoat was diagnosed as Chronic Pharyngitis(Sore Throat)... (82 replies)

... y of this. I was tested for HIV at 9 weeks post exposure it came back negative but I also had a high WBC at this point in time only my neutrophils were above the normal range everything else was right in the middle. Then reference range is 2. ... (2 replies)

... eling very weak and have fautage.His diet and appetite is decressed very much and he eats seldom.The nature of fever is like it start shooting when he gets up it normal when he get up but rise as day progress and reach around 100 frienhieght my mid day and then subside by night to normal or 99. ... (2 replies)

... that I smoked a cigarrete. Recently I had a boil in my armpit. I consulted a doctor, and he suggested me a blood test for diabetes and CBC. The diabetes test was normal but in the CBC, the WBC count was 10500. I asked my doctor about the WBC count and he said that it is due to the infection I was having in my armpits. ... (9 replies)

... ponding. I am not a drug user and have been celibate for 13 years. My last partner was quite promiscus before me. I left him cuz he was violent. Yes I have had a CBC test and it was normal. Doctor thought maybe I had cancer. I have lost 30 pounds in 2 years and eat normally. I bruise badly, have night sweats etc. ... (6 replies)

... s, including a steroid. the doctor really never knew what he had and just said it was a "very bad case of strep throat." a few days later, he developed a yeast infection in his mouth. he went back to the dr. a third time and the dr. ... (6 replies)

... Well, depending upon what the doctor was looking for may have been why he ordered the CBC with differential. However, if he didn't say anything at the time, I would think that the blood work came back relatively normal. ... (11 replies)

... Maybe helpful....you indicated that if someone were 5 years plus into the disease then something would be wrong with your CBC count. Is this to say that if after 5 years a blood test was given and your CBC count was normal then HIV is highly unlikely? ... (12 replies)

... I am really worried because I know that lymphocytes are the cells that HIV attacks. My total count was 8300 which is normal but I just can't help but think how stupid I was in 1995 and that weird throat infection I had. ... (6 replies)